St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-04-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

States has increased six-fold since 1860
while that Of tea and coffee has onl,
doubled.
An engine in use in the zinc mines
near Friedensville. Pa. is fed by six.
teen boilers, and is of five thousand
horsepower. It is said to be the largest
one in the world.
The ups and downs Of Oh region
towns are shown in the statement tina,
ten years ago the post-Office ut Elk CITY
was worth. it is said. $1,000. Now il
is worth &1OO.- Pittsburgh Post.
"A statistician declares that. while
the annual increase of the population i.
less than two per cent. the annual in
crease OF physicians is more than five
and one-half per Chicago Times.
Rules ut the Washington Territory
penitentiary require the hair on the
right side Of the head to he shaved of
while that on the left side is allowed to
remain in its normal condition.-Chica-
90 Times.
Two verv ancient skeletons. sup
posed to antedate the present abor-
igines. have been unearthed two miles
north Of Tucson. Arizona. They were
in sitting position and encased in a
wall Of powders.
A citizen Of Dalton. Can. who was
troubled by sore throat, used chlorate
Of potash tablets. which he carried in
a tin box in his trousers pocket One
day the box exploded. and he was
badly blistered and his trousers were
burned.
The organ grinders Of New York
City have trades union Of 882 men,
bers. Each one has a particular route.
and when a man dies or returns to
Italy his route is sold to the highest
bidder. The grinders average 8 or q
. day in cOppers.-N r. SMH.
A great many society women in
New York now take long walks for
health's sake. There is a large number
IT ladies who allow no bad weather
short of a rain-storm to prevent them
from taking their daily morning con-
stitutiOnal.-N T. Mail.
When carload OF iron was
opened at Danbury. Conn. the other
day. a big black dog was found almost
dead. He had been in the car ten DAYS.
without food. water or any protection
from the zero weather. He has been
cared for and will recover Hartford
COmrant
Mrs. Granville Moody. Of Peters
burg. Va, sat in a court room of that
county and heard her husband Of one
week sentenced to eight years imprison-
ment for forgery. Then she threw her
arms around his neck and asked to be
committed with him. but the hard
hearted sheriff refused her request.
The numbers from to 16O inclusive
can be arranged in the following num-
Der Of different ways: 1908. So. O75.-
4l3, 76l. 42O. 179. 7O7. 267, O59. 745, .772.-
OO6. 266. SIS. IT'S. 49, 939. sec, 269. IA, O75.-
s73. l.54s. S79. GIG. Az. 457. 1893. 4sO. $780,.
$50. lO2. 9O7. 2S6. 1854. O45. 672. 996. 1854 fol-
lowed by 81 ciphers-in all So figures.
Chicago Times.
Near Willow Creek. Cal. q few
days ago Mexican was riding alon.
on his horse with the reins tied to his
wrist and playing a harmonica. when
the horse got frightened at the noise
and commenced bucking. throwing him
off. and rs he was unable to unfasten
the reins from his wrist, he was dragged
70 death.
The menu cards at recent supper
party in San Francisco. CAL, were made
from the bark of the California redwood.
the edges being ornamented with silver
and gold. In the corner of each was
grouped a cluster of pine burrs tied by
a silver cord. The favors of the ladies
were clusters Of gilded pine cones, in
laid in setting Of deep green pine
neesllcs.-San Francisco Call.
"A curious event happened during
Justice Grantham's last circuit in En-
gland. A man was brought up. and.
having been convicted principally upon
the evidence of an old woman, was sem
fenced to term of imprisonment Inn
metiiatcly after it was discovered that
the old woman not only knew nothing
about the case, but was actually a wit
ness in another case at the same as
sizes. and had been called by mistake.
Fiction stalks about and talks to
every one. pushing history and the
MUSES. aside at pleasure. Notice what
the people at Cincinnati read at the
public library: Theology. III volumes;
philosophy and education. 267 volumes;
56S volumes; history. 995
volumes; geography and travel. 479
volumes; politics and commerce. 2lO
rolumes; science and art, 762; poetry
md drama, 864; fiction, $1,000; poly. |
yraphy. Christian at Work.
Not long ago widow and widower
near Indiana, Pa. consOled each other
by marrying. and a few weeks after
ward they drove to town. While the /,
husband was doing some business the |
wife stepped around to the undertaker's |
70 pay for his services at her late hus-
bands funeral. The bill had scarcely |
been receipted when the husband put i
in an appearance and proceeded to pay
the undertaken for services ut his late |
wife's funeral. It is said they were !
surprised Cleveland Leader.
William Mard, of Chatford. Pa.
Tisited Centerville few days ago. and.
seeing q nice black dog that looked very